CMA CGM News – BAF update – Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco Roro services effective from 01.10.2023

On Wednesday 13th September, 2023 CMA CGM issued the following Bunker Recovery Adjustment Factor (BAF) Update – Following bunker prices evolution since the last surcharge adjustment, CMA CGM SSL Intra Europe will revise its BAF as follows on its Roro South services connecting France with Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco (import & export): Effective October 1st, 2023: […]
Drug Bust – 8 tons of cocaine found in Maersk container at Rotterdam – August 2023

Dutch customs have recently made the largest ever drug bust in the Port of Rotterdam by seizing 8 tons of cocaine from a container aboard a Maersk containership in a container reefer of bananas. According to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, the drugs represent an “enormous” street value of €600m ($653m). The container with more […]
Drug Bust – 97 kilos of cocaine found hidden on containership MSC SHREYA B – 06.08.2023 at Malta Freeport –

97 kilos of cocaine with a street value of over €11 million were found hidden in the 2017 built , 330 metre mother container ship MSC SHREYA B that entered Marsaxlokk Harbour on Saturday 5th August at 2314 hrs. A random inspection on Sunday 6th August morning by divers of a security company engaged by […]
CMA CGM News – PCS in Oran, Alger & Bejaia, Algeria from Indian Subcontinent, Middle East Gulf & Red Sea from 15.07.2023

We inform our customers that the operational situation in Oran, Alger and Bejaia, Algeria has been deteriorating for the past few weeks with no positive perspective in the weeks to come and we are experiencing huge delays in this port between congestion/waiting time plus berth time on the current vessels berthing sequences with following impacts: […]
CMA CGM News – FAK Rates – From Asia to the Mediterranean & North Africa from 01.08.2023

In a continued effort to provide our customers with reliable and efficient service, CMA CGM announces an increase on our Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates(*) ex Asia to the Mediterranean & North Africa. Please find the new applicable CMA CGM Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates as follows: Effective from August 1st, 2023 (date of loading in the […]
CMA CGM News – Launching TURAF EXPRESS service connecting Turkey, Malta and Algeria – July 2023

As there are always better ways to address a market, CMA CGM – Short Sea Lines Division is pleased to announce the launch of the TURAF EXPRESS service as from WEEK 29 between TURKEY | MALTA | ALGERIA. This new weekly service (starting ex Aliaga on July 17th, 2023) – on top of proposing additional weekly service to serve […]
Different Ships Bearing Same Name – Tarros Line VENTO DI GRECALE at Malta

The Italian Shipping Line TARROS , founded in 1828 involved in transportation including logistics, containers and related services in the Mediterranean Sea is one of the shipping companies that when a vessel is chartered she’s given a predecessor name. The first known VENTO DI GRECALE at Malta was the Italian built 119 metres long ro/ro […]
Containers – Hapag Lloyd scraps 3 more ships – June 2023

With a fleet of 241 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 1.7 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. Hapag-Lloyd has sold three elderly ships for demolition, sticking to a plan outlined in last month’s earnings call. Singapore’s Wirana Shipping Corp, which acquires old vessels for recycling, […]
Yacht Transport – SYMPHONY SPIRIT – 19.10.2021

The famous Rolex Middle Sea Race in Malta (RMSR) starting from Valletta has risen continuously since it was first held in 1968. After leaving the Grand Harbour , Malta, boats head to the Gulf of Messina (Sicily), then the Aeolian Islands (together with the active volcano Stromboli), then passing through the Aegadian Islands, Islands of […]
CMA CGM News – BAF update – Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco Roro services – May 2023

Following bunker prices evolution since the last surcharge adjustment, CMA CGM SSL Intra Europe will maintain its Bunker Adjustment Formula (BAF) as follows on its Roro South services connecting France with Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco (import & export): Effective June 1st, 2023: Cargo Algeria service Tunisia service Morocco service Roll, full EUR 1,088/unit EUR […]